Collapsible sanitary fish creel



June 23, 1925. 1,543,446

A.R.LUNDSTEDT COLLAPSIBLE SANITARY FISH CREEL Filed Jan. 1 1925 INVENTOR MM 75% Maia/ BYUV m JKWM ATTORNEY Patented June 23, 1925.

UNITED sr rss 1, 4 ,446 PATENT OFFICE.

ANIOHE REUBEN nuxns'rnp'r, or sAL'r LAKE CITY, UTAH, assrenon. or amt-HALF 'ro ELI J. mansnanri, or SALT LAKE cm, UTAH.

.GOLLAPSIBLE SANITABY FISH GBEEL.

Application filed January To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, AN'ro m REUB N LUNDSTEDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of 6 Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Sanitary Fish Creels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fish creels and has for its object to provide a new, convenient and useful device in which fish may be kept by an an ler while fishing.

A further object is to provide a sanitary means of carrying fish and a creel that can be washed after each trip, insuring a clean basket for the next trip, and further doing away with the disagreeable odors so com mon to the regular fish basket in which fish have been kept a number of times without 2 havin been washed.

I a so provide a collapsible compact fish creel that, when used in a brushy country, can be collapsed under the arm and carried through the brush without catching and 2 being as bunglesome as the regular reed basket commonly used.

I also provide a sanitary way of keeping fish from spoiling due to warm weather, for, after a mess of fish have been caught, the

canvas outside of the creel may be soaked in water and the interior kept cool and free from flies or other insects.

These objects I accomplish with the de vice illustrated in the accompanying drawin s, in which similar letters and numerals 0 reference indicate like parts throughout the several views and as pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings in which I have shown the best and most substantial embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is an end elevation of the creel. Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same. Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 2. Figure 4 is a plan view of the partially sewed materials out of which the device is constructed and the forms given such material for the front, bottom and rear of the creel; and Figure 5 is a view of one end piece before it has been sewn into the creel, showing the position of the leather and the ventilating openings. Figure 6 is a detail of one of the eyelets used in the ventilation openings.

The body of canvas is cut in the form shown in Figure 4, as marked A, A and A",

is, 1925. Serial no, 2,132.

on the outer face of which canvas is sewed transverse strips of leather B which form the lower edges or corner edges of the device. Also on the same surface or outer face of the said canvas A are sewed" longitudinally disposed leather. strips C and C. Spaced apart openings '1 are provided through both the strips C and the contiguous canvas for ventilating the interior of the device when assembled and in use. Two pieces of canvas D .are cut, having the she. e and form shown in Figures 1 and 5, whic tions of the device to form the ends 0 the creel, and a leather portion F is secured to the end to strengthen it and provide a means of carrying the creel. A waterproof lining H is sewed into the inside of the creel when it is sewed together, and on the back portion a pocket 2 is secured for bolding the fishermans outfit of lures. 3 and 4 are made in the shape wished for the top of the creel and the wire 3 is secured on the top of the body of the creel and the wire or shape 4 is secured around the edge of the lid of the creel, thus giving shape and rigidity to the lid and the top portion of the body. An elongated opening 5 is cut in the top of the creel, through which the fish when caught are passed into the creel and a flap 16 is secured to the top or lid E for covering the opening 5. A bait or lure pocket 6 is provided on the top and secured on the under side thereof, with a hole 7 in the lid or top of the device for access to .the pocket; and a flap 8 is secured to the top or lid E for covering the said bait pocket 6. The said spaced-apart openings 1 are bound by metal eyelets 1 and in which a fine mesh screen 9 is secured for excluding flies and insects. A strap 10 on the lid E and a strap 11 and the buckle 12 on the body of the creel are used for closing the lid E. When the end pieces D and the body A, A, A", are sewed together the lid E is secured thereto by the piece of leather G, which leather G is sewed to the top as a reinforcement and along the back A to form a hinge, as at 15. An interior waterproof lining H, preferably made of rubberized fabric and conforming with the interior of said creel, is sewed to the canvas A, A, A" and end pieces D, and with its upper edges sewed and fastened around the said wire form 3 to form the interior surface Wires are to be sewedto the other. r-j

' lining H contiguous v laving thus of' tl' e device. The stitching of the leather strips'C, C, B and FY to their respective canvases, and the eyelets 1' the fabric, and allows the device to be turned inside out for cleam described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim 1. A fish creel comprising a fabric sack having a reinforced upper edge longitudinally and laterally dissosed leather strips sewed on one face of sai fabric having ventilating holes therein and through the fabric to the interiorof said suck; a reinforced cover hinged to said sack and having elongated openings thereinz-a bait pocket within said sack and ing one of said openings; a hinged cover for hold the said with its mouth surroundeach of said 6pm and-a aani for said fabric and'having a n open pocket sewedtherein.

2. A collapsible fishereel compris' a fabric sack having a reinforced upper fie; leather stra sewed on the outer face of said sack in havin ventilating holes therein in alinement vv it like holes throng said fabric; a reinforced cover hinged to the upper edge of said saek and havinghlon gated openings therein; andja sanitary lining sewed to the interior of said sack, with an open pocket sewed on the back of. said lining. p

In testirhony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

ANTONE EunE'u LUiIDsTEDT.

of the device. The stitching of the leather strips G, C, B and F to their respective canvases, and the eyelets 1 hold the said lining H contiguous the fabric, and allows the device to be turned inside out for cleanlaving thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim 1. A fish creel comprising a fabric sack having a reinforced upper edge; longitudinally and laterally dissosed leather strips sewed on one face of sai fabric having ventilating holes therein and through the fabric to the interior of said sack; a reinforced cover hinged to said sack and having elongated openings therein: a bait pocket within said sack and with its mouth surrounding one of said openings; a hinged cover for fabric; a reinforced cover hinged to the upper edge of said sack and having elongated openings therein; and a sanitary lining sewed to the interior of said sack, with an open pocket sewed on the back of said lining.

In testirnony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

ANTONE REUBEN LUNDSTEDT.

of Correction.

It is hereby certified that the name of the mtedjune 23, 1925,. upon the application 0 City, Utah, for an in prolv'ement in Collapsible Sanitary Fish Creeis, was

rmted as Eli J. Marshall, whereas said name should erroneously written and assgnee in Letters Patent No. 1,548

have been written and prmte'd as Eli J: Mars'efl; as shown is the records of ass ments in time ofliee' and that the said Letters Patent sh uid be read with t 's correction therein t Patent Ofiice.

atthe same may conform to the, record of the case in the g FENNING, Aotmg Uomm iasimwr ofPatenta.

Antone Reuben'Lundstedt, of ilt Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that the name of the assi ea in Letters Patent No. 1,543,446, 1 ted June 23, 1925,. upon the application 0 Antone ReubenLundstedt, of Salt City, Utah, for an improvement in Collapsible Sanitary Fish'Creels. was erroneously written and tinted as Eli J. Marshall, whereas said name should have been written andpnnte'd as E h J: Mars'eE-y as shown by the records of assi ments'in this otfiee; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with t 's correction therein that the same may conform to the, record of the case in the Patent Oflioe. 1

Signed and sealed this,18th day of August, A. D. 1925. M

[m] KARL FENNING,

Acting Omnmiasioner of Patents. 

